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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 12: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris listens as Arati Prabhakar (R), the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy speaks during a meeting on Artificial Intelligence in her ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on July 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. Harris hosted the meeting to discuss AI with civil rights leaders and consumer protection experts. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

AI won’t pause for the election, and AI regulation shouldn’t either

With election season in full bloom, and politics, rather than policy, in the spotlight, U.S. agencies and regulators should take steps to continue to promote the responsible…

Sep 27, 2024 By Owen J. Daniels Jack Corrigan

WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 13, 2022: Rep. Ted W. Lieu (D-CA), incoming vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus (C), Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) incoming Democratic Caucus chair (L) and incoming Whip Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) (R) speak during a press conference with incoming House Democratic Leadership at the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Congressional AI Caucus leader Ted Lieu says most AI should not be regulated

Lieu argued also that we need more AI-trained regulators for a few high-risk industries.

Sep 21, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) questions Attorney General Merrick Garland during a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing of the Department of Justice on October 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. Garland took questions on the Department of Justice’s ongoing investigations including the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capital. (Photo by Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)

Congress seeks creation of regulatory AI commission with new bill

The bicameral National AI Commission Act would create a 20-member commission to explore AI regulation within the federal government.

Jun 20, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

NIST issues draft update to cyber framework

Federal scientists at the government’s technology laboratory have issued a draft update to their widely adopted Cybersecurity Framework, adding for the first time a way of quantifying…

Jan 11, 2017

Stand with modern communications equipment bulb innardsfuturistic photo supercomputer in the data center

Likely to miss data center goals, Army issues stringent new plan for closures

Secretary Eric Fanning has laid out an explicit plan for the Army to achieve its data center closure and consolidation goals by 2018 — an effort that…

Jan 10, 2017

FedRAMP authorizes three AWS services under high baseline

Three of Amazon Web Services' cloud services received high baseline authorizations to work with federal clients last week.

Jan 9, 2017 By Billy Mitchell

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U.S. sanctions Russian spy agencies, officials for hacking

The Obama administration Thursday expelled 35 Russian diplomats and hit both Moscow’s civilian and military foreign intelligence agencies with newly authorized financial sanctions in a sweeping response…

Dec 30, 2016

Thomas Bossert at an Atlantic Council event. (Atlantic Council)

Trump’s pick for Homeland Security adviser is a cybersecurity expert

President-elect Donald Trump has named Thomas Bossert, a former deputy national security adviser to President George W. Bush, as a homeland security adviser.

Dec 28, 2016

NIST asks for help with quantum-proof crypto

U.S. government scientists are asking private sector and academic cryptographers for help in writing new encryption algorithms that are complex and powerful enough to withstand cracking attempts…

Dec 21, 2016

Congressional report: We shouldn’t bother with encryption backdoors

Weakening encryption runs contrary to national interest, lawmakers say.

Dec 21, 2016